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@ISIDEWITH submitted…10hrs10H
Addressing the UN Security Council following its adoption of a US-drafted resolution calling on Hamas to accept the latest Israeli hostage deal proposal, Israel’s representative avoids commenting or expressing opposition to the initiative, which it had been voicing privately for several days.The resolution laid out a three-phase plan that begins with an immediate cease-fire, the release of all hostages in exchange for Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons, the return of displaced Gazans to their homes and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.The second phase calls for a permanent cease-fire with the agreement of both parties, and the third phase would consist of a multiyear reconstruction plan for Gaza and return of the remains of deceased hostages.“The proposal says if the negotiations take longer than six weeks for phase one, the cease-fire will still continue as long as negotiations continue,” the resolution said. It also rejected “any attempt at demographic or territorial change in the Gaza Strip, including any actions that reduce the territory of Gaza.”
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“Russians have been some of the biggest beneficiaries from the genocide against the Palestinians because the political an…”
@SimilarCabinet from Wisconsin submitted…10hrs10H
The federal government has borrowed roughly $1.2 trillion in the eight-month period ending in May, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in a report on Monday.The nonpartisan budget scorekeeper said the figure is $38 billion above the federal budget deficit recorded during the same period in fiscal 2023.Total outlays were up 8 percent in the past eight months, reaching $4.5 trillion, as the CBO noted a 42 percent increase in net outlays for interest on the public debt. The percentage represents an estimated $185 billion increase over the same period in fiscal 2023; the office pointed to rising interest rates as a key contributor.Spending for programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid jumped 6 percent on net during the same time frame, amounting to a $117 billion increase, the CBO estimated. Medicare was projected to have seen the biggest bump, as outlays rose 10 percent, or $51 billion, in a large part due to “increased benefit payments to Medicare Advantage plans,” the CBO said. Spending for Social Security benefits rose 8 percent, or $74 billion, following a rise in beneficiaries and average benefit payments.
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“Military conflicts are expensive. This money would be able to fund healthcare for all, tuition at state colleges, housin…”
@RightWingCheese from Colorado submitted…9hrs9H
President Joe Biden’s recent executive actions on asylum and other border-security issues mark more than a shift to a more restrictive immigration policy. They’re also a rejection of the narrative that progressive advocacy groups and Latino Democrats have been pushing for years: that the…
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“it's part of a broader cultural shift towards de-individualization that is at the heart of the split between 00s/Obama-E…”
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On Sunday President Donald Trump proposed to make workers’ tips nontaxable.Trump announced the proposal Sunday at a rally in Nevada, trying to appeal to that swing state’s service-industry workers. Trump narrowly lost Nevada in 2020 and 2016, and the state is seen as closely competitive again this year. “For those hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be very happy, because when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips,” he said. “We’re going to do that right away first thing in office because it’s been a point of contention for years and years and years, and you do a great job of service.”The proposal would create a two-tiered labor market where tipped workers would gain a significant advantage over other low-wage employees because they could potentially avoid Social Security taxes, Medicare taxes and federal income taxes. Employers, who owe payroll taxes on both tips and wages, would have an incentive to keep wages low and encourage tips instead. Trump himself owns service-industry businesses. Depending on how it is written and implemented, the tax advantage could push tipping culture into new spaces. An auto-body shop could restrain its prices and wages and strongly encourage tipping as a way to get untaxed income to workers. Tips are now taxable income—a box on the W-2 says “wages, tips and other compensation”—but the Internal Revenue Service has long struggled to get employers and workers to report that income accurately. The U.S. offers employers a tax credit to encourage accurate reporting of tips.
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Medicare Advantage is simultaneously *more* costly to the public, yet its enrollees receive *less* care.Medicare Advantage plans employ two strategies to drive up overpayments from the government:(1) Diagnostic upcoding (making patients "look" more sick on paper, which determines payments.)(2) Avoiding truly sicker (read: unprofitable) enrollees.These strategies generated more than half a *trillion* dollars in overpayments for MA plans between 2007 and 2024, according to one analysis from the nonpartisan Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.Despite these overpayments, MA enrollees actually receive *less* care on average than those in traditional Medicare - by 9%. How? Through managed care techniques like prior authorizations, network restrictions, and provider incentives to curtail care.
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Tax breaks for landlords? Exactly what the country was demanding…
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